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Section 112 Statutory Requirements

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment of Non-Enablement Where the Only Alleged Non-Enabled Systems Did Not Practice the Claims

In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit vacated the district court’s summary judgment of non-enablement because the systems identified by patent challengers as non-enabled under § 112 were not covered by the claims. Because...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Actavis Laboratories v. Nalproprion Pharmaceuticals

In the Supreme Court's recent clarifying campaign through the Federal Circuit's U.S. patent law jurisprudence, one section of the statute, 35 U.S.C. §112(a) has been noticeably left unscathed. Indeed, avoidance of this...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Federal Circuit Finds Incorporation By Reference Inadequate For Priority Claim

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In Droplets, Inc. v. E*Trade Bank, the Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that Droplet’s patent was not entitled to the priority date of a provisional application because...more

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